This Little Piggy Went Sailing (lamb Sausage In An Acorn Boat)

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb lamb sausage link, removed from casings
• 2 pumpkin, cut in half & seeded (acorn squash)
• 1 small zucchini, diced
• 1 (7 ounce) can sweet kernel corn
• 1 medium red pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup mushroom, chopped
• 3 tablespoons hot sauce (more or less it's up to you)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced (optional)
• salt & pepper
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
• 1 cup fresh whole wheat bread crumbs or 1 cup breadcrumb
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 place cleaned acorn squash cut side down in a baking dish and add 1/2" water, cover with foil, bake in 375f oven until tender (apprx 45 min) or use your micro wave for this step remove from oven and pour out any remaining water.
• 2 turn cut side up (if necessary cut a thin slice off the bottom so they will sit firmly up right.) meanwhile remove casings from sausages and pan fry, stir to remove any lumps (8 minutes), remove grease.
• 3 add onions, garlic and mushrooms, stir and cook 5 minutes over medium heat.
• 4 add pepper, corn & zucchini stir& cook 5 minutes.
• 5 sprinkle on the hotsauce, salt& pepper.
• 6 divide the filling between the 4 squash halves, mound the filling in the center hollow.
• 7 mix melted butter with the bread crumbs.
• 8 top with 1/4 cup of cheese and the crumbs on last.
• 9 bake in350f oven until the crumbs are golden, the cheese is melted and they are heated through apprx 15-minutes.